Study shows that cardiac spheroids, derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, can be easily transported and injected into damaged areas of the heart to promote its regeneration and recovery ...

Anatomically, cardiac rupture occurs at the intersection between injured and healthy cardiac tissue. This region is referred to as the borderzone. The conventional view is that increased mechanical ...

For decades, the human heart has been perceived as a tireless engine, working vigorously yet unable to self-repair. But this paradigm is shifting radically with the advent of stem cells, offering a ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for one in five deaths. The inability of damaged heart muscle tissue to regenerate makes heart disease difficult to ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Muscle patches generated from stem cells helped ease heart problems in monkeys and a human patient, in a ...

In a heartbeat, cardiac muscle cells contract to push blood out to the body, then relax to allow the heart to fill again. This is possible because muscle proteins are organized into sarcomeres, which ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. To Sian Harding, the heart is a “marvel of construction”. The ...

A Stanford-led study probes why a very small number of people develop heart inflammation shortly after mRNA COVID-19 ...